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it wil be mare than ma fit ye wil hae te get removed ya big mouth, pm are meant ti be private

What is your point?
Peter Sutcliffe, Prostitutes, Killing People and Mass Murderers? And you represent the NTA, get a grip man, this is taxi forum remember that!!!!!!

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LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD

You seem a little confused, Trevor. We don't give a feck if the trade is united or not, what we are giving the trade is a choice, take it or leave it. Either way, Edinburgh will de-restrict, through a council initiative, or the courts.

Edinburgh is on a precipice, and restriction put it there, Murphy's Law Trev.

Jog on lad.

CC

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CC, is only interested in recognition, NTA, CC, I'm a hero. You've got to be having a fecing laugh.

And we've listened YawnYawnYawn to your choice and apart from you and your puppet master we still think your full of sh*t, you don't want the trade to have a choice unless its on what you two muppets want, some choice my way or the highway

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Watch out curiosity killed the cat

So what exactly are you offering?

Well let's see shall we?

Owners, non driving

More drivers looking for a cab to rent and the chance to jack up rentals (even better if it's a saloon ).
Double shifting - 2 rents (ching, ching).
A nice pension top-up, since you'll never put the plate back to the council, not as long as you draw breath.

You might even want to sell it for a tidy sum and retire to the sun.
But that would need incorporation, wouldn't it?

Owner drivers

Drive it yourself and/or rent it to someone else.
Everything else above.

Non-owning drivers

Higher rentals with increasing competition for cabs to drive, as more drivers come on with no chance of a plate.
Sharing the cab with another driver in the same boat.
Reduced flexibility in your hours. Work when your told, not when you want.
Not being able to get a cab to drive and having to go PH.
Never having your own taxi plate, unless incorporation happens and you can buy it for megabucks from someone who got it free.

Or there's the highway if you don't like it.

All drivers

No reduction in cabs because nobody will hand back a plate they can make money from.
No increase in work since none of this will put a single extra bum on your seats.

Good choices for some, O&O. Not so good for others.

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iy what ever yi say so cheif roll on cap the town

Gusmac

Don't think youre really qualified to spout on the national effects of derestrction.

1. Aberdeen is in a privileged position, it has the biggest oil based economy in Europe, still plenty of folk floating about with lots of money in their pockets. Come back in 40 years time when the oil runs out!.

2. You don't have the same levels of unemployment/immigration, so there's less competition for work.

3. Aberdeens at the at*e end of nowhere, with strange unintelligible accents (doric etc), who the feck would want to go to work there.

4. Remind me which region has the highest taxi tariff in Scotland.

Yep you are just Dublin before the bust, I think I'd rather take Dublin, Cardiff, Birmingham, as examples of what happens in a derestricted area in a bad recession. If you don't believe me i'm sure one of the Dundee boys would be happy to fill you in on their hours/earnings.

As for Edinburgh we've been down the derestriction road before, didn't work then and it won't work now.


As for quality controls your right Aberdeen has It's own unique ones........ language, geographical isolation,climate, and feck all to do unless you like sheep.

Three Cheers for Tommo couldn't put it better myself

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Watch out curiosity killed the cat

And who pray tell us is? You
When was Auld Reekie last derestricted?



Until recently, your manor wasn't exactly the 3rd world either.
The size of the pot is unimportant. Restriction won't make it any bigger.



If you had read what I wrote, you would realise that actually makes my point.



Plenty from the north of England and a good few from the south of Scotland.
Lots of Eastern Europeans, Irish, Asians. French fella has a bakery.
Think there's a Welsh guy here somewhere but nobody can understand what he says.
Oh and even some from Dundee and Edinburgh. They have a thing about sheep




Midlothian, I believe. What's your point?



Whatever. You obviously didn't read what I said.
As for Dublin before the bust, perhaps that would better describe your manor?



When was that again?



Well, an insulting bit in a post from Edinburgh.
Now there's a surprise.

BTW I don't eat fish or possess welly boots and a raincoat.
My father was a batchelor though

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You couldn't put it at all

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